The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-17

inv ard side but the momentum of the train and the
strength OF the couplings carried 1t nearly over the
chasm. 1t dropped just before it reached the abut
ment and the body of the car was dashed against
solid stone wall The car was literally ground
to pieces, and bits of wood iron and human bodies
| strewn on the road beneath, forming the founda
tion of the wreck
Those who examined the wreck could fine no dis
tinc trace in the ruins of the car which could be
identified The cars which lie in the chasm form
| pile of wreckage 4Dl feet long by lUU feet VIDE
The most of the casualties iu cars 81. 81 and
"A, respectively the fourth, fifth and sixth On the
rain and the first, second and third OF those which
| went into the chasn. Car No. 81 lies in a heaI
of splinters, with eidee and roof broken
in. The stove did not break its fastenicgs but was
broken above the CRATE The fire however, vas
5i--unroofed, and with every seat gone. Several
of the killed aud wounded persons were taker
| from this car. This stove remained firmly iXeC
aud no fire escaped. Car NoSi is practically demol
ished, while No. 92 lies almost intact upon the
ruins
Many persons were injured in these cars and bu
few killed Back of them is the upturDed wreck
mains The Car whirled up eide dowr
as it half fell from the embankm anG scarcely any
of it's occupants escaped injury, and Policeman
Lailor and one or two others were killed.
THE BRIDGE
where the accident occurred was built in July 1876
1t lO4 feet in length, 20 feet in height, and
spanned the road, resting on heavy stone walls
The grade of the road is very heavy
and there is sharp curve waere the bridge crosses
the highway. The latter runs diagonally under
the bridge, and the abutments, upon which the
structure rests, are set at sharp angles Mr.. Man
ly, of the city engineers Office, made a careful
inspectian of the bridge soon after it
had fallen. and said there was no appa ent
reason for its giving way for h breaking of the
iron work. 1t seemed as if some force had drawn
it forward and thrown it from its bearings d. L.
Davis of the Boston and Providence railroad, con-
sidered one of the best railroad men in the COUNTRY
expressed similar opinion. MIR. BiaysdeIl, who
was crossing from the first to the
second car just the train struck the bridge says
he observed broken journal hanging down
This would account for the carrying uf the whole
bridge eff the abutments. A bad flaw had been
! found near the end of a twelve inch truss, which
rests few feet above the debris. 1t SHOW
long, o. which eight inches is back with rus,
while the rest of the fracture is fresh Engineer
| White says, in going across the bridge h felt
| shock which he thought might have en- caused by
broken axle. This, however, could not pos
| silly half been the first cause o
the accident, for the trucks of tn,
first Two cars are in good coalition Except as re
cards the point above mentioned the only remain
ing possible cause is a broken rail. 1t is doubtful
if any examination on this p0iat won d result sat
istaCtoriy, for there are many of them twisted AM
| broken.
s,ENE AT THE BRIDGE
Shortly after the disaster was heartrending. Il
one place seven bodies taken out were placed il
a row All we're badly mangled. Large number
of women were on the train, and many were to I
| en- in the ruins. One woman was cut com
pletely in two, the upper half only being found
Two of the men who were saved mad their face
hacked, and the ips of one were cut off.
LYNCH's STORY.
Martin Lynch, sub-foreman OF the West Rox
burv Paving department, was at work yssterta
with gang of five men, cutting wi ilSwe m
party was stationed 65 feet from the bridge, d
the southeast end OF the structure, and every ma
had an axe.
Mr.. Lynch said this morning:
''We had just begun our work | saw trail
coming, and stopped to look at it. | saw it 90 ol
the bridge, and noticed the train was acting queer
W loe train was shaking and swayiDg most vic
ently. Then, just as the fourth car was half ol
the bridge and half on the EN-
bankment on the other eide, the bride
down with ii, and in is fall dragged back and dow
into the pit below the fourth car, which, as | hay
already said, was half way on the bank. The ca
behind the fifth car came plunging crashing dow
uuun it, and the last car of all-the smOker-r0lle
over twice as it went down the embankmen
''My God, the bridge is down! hun, boys, an
take your axesn yelled. started as fast as
| could 90, aud they with me. 1t was an awfl
night: such struggling and signing and m0anin,
| never heard ii my life. oume of the passenger
who first succeeded in getting clear of the wrec
seemed ,zed, bewildered, scarcely able to realil
what had happened, or where they were. Othe
| could and did help us but on the south side OF Il
wreck there was no help for nearly twenty minute
| The smoker was the car we came 10 first. Ol
| bows swung their axes with will. We kno ked
the end of the car, cut away between the window
| and then we went ia ourselves and began the wOl
Of rescue. We saw the uniform
officer Walter B. Sailor, and took hi
out. He was unconscious. When
reached HIM, and probably dead although his lii
quivered for minute or two after we laid him Of
beside Neall We took out Mr.. Snow who WI
dying, and at least dozen other injured person
| unh thnrn
don't remember seeing a man in this car, but WI
more or less bruised or scarred), helped us, and
empted the car taking out the cushions. BY tn
o time teams began to come in and placed Il
wounded in them by twos and threes, and the
we're carried off to the engine house at Roslinda
People were hocking to the place. EveryboC
o was screaming and shouting some with pain, al
, others giving orders. | cannot remember the i
;, cidents with much dstinctness after this, for
coo was getting excited ONLY kn0w we kept
{ work until 10 O'Clock, and stayed until all wei
, Owing to duplic .uon and misspelling of name
it is now believed the reports of the number of pc
e sons killed have been overe5timated up to noe
q to-day DR.. Draper had signed twenty-one dea
certificates and Dr. Harris three, making the enti
q death total, up to noon, twenty-tour' The name
, thus incorrectly reported wer::
d Barrack, found to be injured.
Mis- S. Wallow, found to be Mrs. Swallow
- wounded.
Jas. Cats mistaken for Harry Gray.
MIR. Stone and Charles swan, InlStdken lor vi
Snow.
Mr. North mistaken for Mr.. Lord, injured
William Houghton, identical with S. j. Houg
ton. ~
Frank A. Hewins, alive and uninjured; was n
| even on the train .,,
Miss Kennard was reported killed, but the nan
was contounded with that of Mrs. Cardinal.
LIST OF THE DEAD.
The revised list of the dead is as follows
Mrs Ida Adams, Boston
Mrs, Mary E. Brooks, West RoXbury.
Alice Burnett, Rosalindale
Mrs Hornisdas Cardinal, Rosalindale.
Webster Clapp, West RoXbury.
Hattie D. Dudiy, residence unknown
VIM. 4. Durham, residence unknown.
Miss sarah E. Ellis, Metfeld, o.
Harry Gay, Boston
Emma p. Hill, Boston
Stephen T. HoughtOn, West RoXbury.
Albert E. johnson, Roslindale.
Waldo B SAILOR, West ROxbury
Lizzie Vaudeville, Dedham.
Miss Morris, West Roxbury.
Edward E. Norris, Dedham.
Miss M l.. Odune, Dover, n. H.
Mics Laura Price, Roslindale.
Mr. Edgar snow, West Roxbury.
Peter Swaber Boston.
VIM S. Strong, West Roxhury
Conductor Byron Tilden, Dedham.
Rosa Bella Welch, West Roxbury.
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